dainty🔊

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

(obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.

A delicacy (in taste).

(Canadian prairies, Northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.

(obsolete) Esteem, honour.

(obsolete) An affectionate term of address.